Highlight Towers
Twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany
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::summary Twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Highlight Towers |
| alternate_name | Langenscheidt-Hochhäuser |
| image | Highlight Towers Muenchen A9-1.jpg |
| location | Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße |
| Munich, Germany | |
| coordinates | |
| architectural_style | Modernism |
| status | Complete |
| completion_date | 2002 - 2004 |
| building_type | Commercial offices |
| roof | Tower I: 126 m |
| Tower II: 113 m | |
| floor_count | Tower I: 33 |
| Tower II: 28 | |
| floor_area | 73,836 m2 |
| architect | Murphy Jahn |
| structural_engineer | stahl + verbundbau |
| main_contractor | Strabag Bau-AG |
| references | |
| :: |
| name = Highlight Towers | alternate_name = Langenscheidt-Hochhäuser | image = Highlight Towers Muenchen A9-1.jpg | location = Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße Munich, Germany | coordinates = | architectural_style= Modernism | status = Complete | completion_date = 2002 - 2004 | building_type = Commercial offices | roof = Tower I: 126 m Tower II: 113 m | floor_count = Tower I: 33 Tower II: 28 | elevator_count = | cost = | floor_area = 73,836 m2 | architect = Murphy Jahn | structural_engineer=stahl + verbundbau | main_contractor =Strabag Bau-AG | developer = | owner = | management = | references =
Highlight Towers is a twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany, planned by architects Murphy/Jahn of Chicago. Tower I is 126 m tall with 33 storeys, and Tower II is 113 m tall with 28 storeys, which make them among the highest buildings in the city. The towers are joined by two skyways made of glass and steel. Also in the complex are two low-rise buildings between the twin towers, that serve as a hotel and additional office space. Overall, the facility offers approximately 73,836 m2 of office space.
The towers are slightly shifted in the historic sightline of Odeonsplatz on Ludwigstraße with Victory Gate to the north and form a focal point for visitors coming from the north of the city.
Tenants
The best known tenants of the buildings are the IT and consulting firms Unify and Fujitsu Technology Solutions, as well as IBM.
Controversy
With construction works finished in the same year as Hochhaus Uptown München, the two towers helped motivate the formation of a citizens' initiative aimed at preventing the development of further structures of this type and size. Leading architects criticized the buildings as "imported imitation architecture" and "faceless yard ware", while local residents expressed concerns related to the skyscrapers destroying the traditional cityscape.
Gallery
|File:Highlight Towers Schwabinger See-1.jpg| |File:Highlight Towers-2.jpg| |File:München - Highlight Towers (Luftbild).jpg| |File:Highlight Towers Munich looking north.jpg| |File:Highlight Towers Munich 2014.jpg| |File:Highlight Towers Munich, February 2017 -01.jpg|
References
References
- "Emporis building complex ID 100693". [[Emporis]].
- {{SkyscraperPage. 5702. Highlight Tower I
- {{SkyscraperPage. 19503. Highlight Tower II
- {{Structurae. 20007979. Highlight Tower I
- {{Structurae. 20007980. Highlight Tower II
- (15 December 2015). "IBM Opens Watson IoT Global Headquarters, Extends Power of Cognitive Computing to a Connected World".
- (10 May 2010). "Begründung der "Initiative Unser München"". Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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